Transforming the Brotherhood
(Here is a summary of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) Convention and foresight workshop we had a couple of months ago. A full report will be published in the APOLINAC magazine this year.) 1st APOLINAC National Convention Photo courtesy of Mr. Spider Rodas (2015) What would APOLINAC, as an organization, be like five years from now? What are the disowned and preferred
A Handshake or a Fistfight? The Future of the West Philippine Sea
Credits/Source: Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Department of History, 2014 This month the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) organized its first West Philippine Sea national conference. To explore, discuss and anticipate probable futures, leading Filipino international relations experts, scholars and participants wrestled for two days the past,present and future of Philippine-China maritime dispute in the South China Seas. Around more or
Report on City Futures for City Leaders @ the Journal of Futures Studies
Our report on the City Futures for City Leaders WFSF Learning Lab in Penang Malaysia was published in the Journal of Futures Studies September 2014 edition. JFS website and PDF copy is available here http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/?page_id=5211 and http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/ Here is the preview of the paper. "Cities have emerged as change agents towards sustainable futures. Discussion about its size, food routes, transportation, health, climate
Where do we go from here? Pop Thoughts and Some Wicked Notes @ the 2014 Philippine Society for Public Administration InterConf
“The Bamboo that bends is better than the oak that resists.”–Japanese Proverb I got an invitation from the Philippine Society for Public Administration (PSPA) last month to share the outputs and insights of the UNESCO Laoag Knowledge Lab forum-workshop. The UNESCO Know Lab event was attended by urban planners, mayors, futurists, disaster risk management and reduction officers, academics, researchers and social activists
Social Innovation and Foresight Workshop for Emerging Leaders
Social and cultural learning, the study of myth and metaphor, the arts and immersive storytelling can enrich our meaning of life and alter and even transform our personal and collective social outlook. The stories, the discourse, myth or narrative that inform us and our imaginations creates the world and the reality we live in. We want to explore communities, young and
Takeaways from the World Futures Learning Lab, Malaysia
So I might be late sharing this update but well it was a brilliant event and would love to share a gallery of action photos courtesy of Think City and yes, some of our takeaways from the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF), Right Livelihood College, GIFS organized futures course with UNESCO in Penang, Malaysia this year. It was amazing to have